Technocalyps

TechnoCalyps is a 2006 Belgian transhumanism documentary film written and directed by Frank Theys exploring the advance of technology. [1] [2]

Documentary precept

Set as a three-part documentary, TechnoCalyps posits that genetics , robotics , artificial intelligence , bionics , and nanotechnology seem to be converging towards a goal of having mankind transcend human limits. “director conducts his inquiry into the scientific, ethical and metaphysical dimensions of the development of the film. [3] [4]

Cast

In the documentary narrated by Jay McMahon, interviewees include:

Ian Buruma

Jean-Jacques Cassiman

L. Stephen Coles

Sadaputa Dasa

Hugo De Garis

Aubrey from Gray

Theodore John Kaczynski

Raymond Kurzweil

Jeffrey Lichtman

Ralph C. Merkle

Marvin Minsky

Hans Moravec

Max More

David F. Noble

Mark Pesce

Joe Rosen

Kirkpatrick Sale

Anders Sandberg

Richard Seed

Bruce Sterling

Gregory Stock

Mark W. Tilden

Frank Tipler

Margaret Wertheim

Robert J. White

Robert Anton Wilson

Terence McKenna

Rael

Osman Bakar

Michel Baudry

Ted Berger

Yang Dan

Thomas B. DeMarse

Anne Foerst

Erin D. Green

Mark Humayun

Hamada Kazuyuki

Carlo Montemagno

Natasha Vita-More

Jim Yount

Reception

H + Magazine wrote that the film focuses “on the various emerging technologies that Transhumanism has coalesced around and feature illuminating (or potentially terrifying) interviews with scientists working in these fields”, [5] andCrónicas de Esperantia wrote that the film was an excellent documentary that shares some future keys. [6] Christopher Webster of Quiet Earth reviewed the documentary and wrote that it is a very smart look at humanity’s quest for immortality through science and how it works in the field of science and technology. whole mess intersects to form the fabric of who we are. ” [2]